Fletcher's Failure

Honestreporting recently published another deceptive communique, Fletcher's Failure, in which they berate NBC's Martin
Fletcher for not presenting a recent report "in a fair and accurate manner." Yet, in countering
some of Fletcher's claims, Honestreporting themselves are neither fair nor accurate.

Honestreporting starts with some creative editing. They print the following fragment in a lame attempt to show that Fletcher's article suggested that Israeli settlers were "shooting" at the IDF:

But, the screaming, the shooting, and cursing, that’s from everyone. All the settlers have
been screaming and shooting at the army ...

Honestreporting then disingenuously states that the word 'shooting' was "Perhaps ... a typo".

Of course it was a typo. It's painfully obvious to anyone who reads the entire paragraph in Fletcher's report that
it was a typo. Unfortunately, Honestreporting hides this from their readers by only showing
part of the paragraph. The entire paragraph is:

But, the screaming, the shooting, and cursing, that’s from everyone. All the settlers have
been screaming and shooting at the army and the soldiers basically saying things like, “How
could Jews do this to Jews,” and “You’re animals, you’re not worthy to wear the uniform.”

NBC has since corrected their typo.

Honestreporting then makes a factual error of their own. They state that "In fact, the
Disengagement was remarkable in that neither side – the evacuees nor the soldiers – bore
weapons." Yet this
article
states otherwise:

Toting an M-16 rifle while strolling on his roof throughout the sweltering afternoon,
Ariyeh Itzhaki, 54, warned he would resist with violence should the army arrive. ... After
a five-hour standoff, Itzhaki and his followers surrendered, handing over two semi-automatic
rifles and a handful of pistols.

In addition,
this article
quotes an Israeli general as saying that "We have several policemen who have been wounded by acid"
thrown by protesters.

Certainly anyone would consider an M-16 a weapon and it doesn't take any stretch of the imagination
to consider acid a weapon as well. Still, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for a correction from Honestreporting.